The Study On The Relationship Between Beijing Tap Water Company And Well Water Bearer(1908-1937)

Since the beginning of the 20th century,Beijing has been accelerating the pace of entering the modern city from a traditional dynasty city,hence urban water supply service has also undergone a transformation from traditional manpower delivery to the modern tap water system correspondingly.In the Beijing urban water supply market,well water bearer continues dominating the general public water supply business and is on behalf of the traditional water supply method,while Beijing tap water company acts as emerging water supply enterprise and represents the modern water supply mode.Compared with the water supply mode of traditional well water bearer,Beijing tap water company formulates relative sales business strategy with its modernization technology,capital and management advantages and expands tap water business by means of official power,which challenges the predominant power of water supply market of well water bearer and bring impacts to traditional well water bearer.All of these force the traditional well water bearer to change passively.On one hand,traditional well water bearer forges false cooperation with Beijing tap water company and destroys the reputation of the tap water company.On the other hand,well water bearer hinders and destroys the sales activities of the tap water company and seeks to establish well water bearer organization to fight against the survival threats from the Beijing tap water company with their group strength.The complicated interest conflicts between traditional well water bearer lead to government intervention.The government achieves institutionalized and standardized management by rectifying the water supply service market and including the water supplier-dominant water supply order into the national rights supervision system.The complicated cooperation,conflict and contention interaction relationship between Beijing water company and well water bearer shows the intertwined scene of interest conflicts between the traditional water supply mode and modern one and unfolds the transition of the water supply mode in modernization of Beijing.It also illustrates the complicated procedure of modernization and transformation of Beijing.